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November 2008 Blog Posts (29)

African Healthcare Projects

Today’s cell phones have the camera resolution, screen size and computing speed to become health care power tools.



Colleagues,



As reported in today's Government Health IT,



The cell phone might be the most significant information technology for improving health care since e-mail. The evidence is everywhere. In Botswana and Malawi, the Africa Teledermatology Project uses cameras and laptop PCs to capture and send images of patients to specialists in other African… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on November 7, 2008 at 7:00pm — No Comments

U.S. Defense Department puts $400M in research

A message to all members of MedTechIQ



Colleagues,



As reported in today's Washington Business Journal, the Department of Defense will invest an additional $400 million over the next five years to support basic research at academic institutions.



Initial research funding will focus on challenges like counter weapons of mass destruction, network sciences, energy and power management, quantum information sciences, human sciences, science of autonomy, information… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on November 7, 2008 at 10:00am — No Comments

Microsoft "Sparks"

Microsoft has announced a new program, BizSpark, creating incentives to start-up companies willing to use Microsoft technologies. Read about this new approach, as the software giant becomes more "open".

Added by Clymer/JR on November 6, 2008 at 1:11pm — No Comments

Google Health

Following the recent Health 2.0 Conference, Roni Ziegler, Google Health product manager was interviewed, and provided an interesting perspective, coming from the software giant. She cautiously admitted that Google wants to "tamp down expectations that the Internet search leader might be able to cure all that ails health care". There's clearly much more still to follow in the… Continue

Added by Clymer/JR on November 4, 2008 at 6:30pm — No Comments

GE & Orlando diagnostics firm ink $16M African deal

Basil,



This went out to the International group this morning.



The Orlando Business Journal reports that Amber Diagnostics landed a contract worth $16 million to provide new General Electric Healthcare diagnostic equipment to a hospital chain in the Republic of Cameroon — a deal that will result in 15 new local jobs and 25 in Africa.



See:… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on November 3, 2008 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Chrome Shines

If the browser market needed a new entry, it's getting it with Google Chrome. Even though it's only in a beta-configuration, and has yet to provide a Mac version, to date it already accounts for 1% of the market. Read all about it: Chrome1,… Continue

Added by Clymer/JR on November 3, 2008 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Around The Bend

From memristors to USB3 to a Google OS, PC World has a good article on 15 of the "next big things". Enjoyable read!

Added by Clymer/JR on November 3, 2008 at 11:30am — No Comments

Vish Abhyankar & CrowdSourcing - There from the Beginning!

Fascinating story from Vish Abhyankar, (MedTechIQ member). Recently, CIMIT (Center for Integrating Medicine & Innovative Technology) had a panel discussion in Boston on the use of "Social Networking" to facilitate medical innovation & e-consultation. The panel included InnoCentive, The Big Idea Group & Dr Julian Goldman (MedTechIQ member). I quickly learned that Vish has been there from the beginning. Read… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on November 3, 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments

Member Update

A message to all members of MedTechIQ



Colleagues,



- New Members:

* MedTechIQ continues to grow, now exceeding over 200 members. New members include:

- CEO/CTOs: Jerry Heneghan, Mike Dempsey, Tracy Rausch, Howard Champion, Roberto Gonzales, Rob Ufford

- Subject Matter Experts: Ryan Bardsley, Lawrence McBean, Teigh, Fred Chen, Kimothy Smith, Luis Kun, Kevin Hannah, John Falty, Joseph Kvedar and Chris Johnson

- Intermediaries (VC, Marketing, Business… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on November 2, 2008 at 6:00am — No Comments

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